Can't Wait for... Staged Evidence by Traci Hunter Abramson (Can't-Wait Wednesday) #CWW #WOW #bookx #newbooks #romancebooks #suspense #cleanreads #StagedEvidence #PenandDagger #TraciHunterAbramson

noreply@blogger.com (Tressa @ Wishful Endings) — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted here to spotlight the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they're books that have yet to be released. Find out more here.

I still need to read the first book in this series and am planning to this month so I can drop right into book two. Abramson's books have been favorite escapes for years and I'm thrilled to start this series! Staged Evidence is my pick this week...

Staged Evidence

(Pen and Dagger #2)

By Traci Hunter Abramson

Romantic Suspense, Clean & Wholesome

Audiobook, Paperback & eBook, 304 Pages

April 7, 2026 by Shadow Mountain

Summary

From the queen of clean romantic suspense--one terrified witness, one unsuspecting Broadway playwright, and a killer who won't stop until the final curtain falls.

When Tessa Seidel delivers costumes to a Manhattan television studio late at night, she expects an empty set--not a murder scene. After stumbling upon a woman's body and nearly being attacked by a man fleeing the scene, Tessa escapes with no idea who to trust--and a fear that the killer knows who she is.

Desperate, she runs to a friend's beach house in the Hamptons, where Broadway playwright Parker Sawyer is retreating to finish his next script. But he knows danger when he sees it and offers to shelter Tessa, even when they find out she is being accused of committing the murder.

Back in Manhattan, CIA operatives Kimber Seidel and Brandon Hale realize Tessa is being framed. But with a powerful suspect manipulating the investigation, clearing Tessa's name won't be easy.

If they can't unravel the truth in time, Tessa won't just be the prime suspect--she'll be the next victim.

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Can't Wait for... Thistlemarsh by Moorea Corrigan (Can't-Wait Wednesday) #CWW #WOW #bookx #newbooks #romantasy #fantasy #romancebooks #Thistlemarsh #MooreaCorrigan

noreply@blogger.com (Tressa @ Wishful Endings) — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

I always love a good faery story and this one also combines a bit of mystery and romance, plus this gorgeous cover! It's my pick this week...

Thistlemarsh

By Moorea Corrigan

Fantasy, Historical Romance, Romantasy

Audiobook, Paperback & eBook, 432 Pages

April 21, 2026 by Berkley

Summary

Faeries disappeared over one hundred years ago, as suddenly as slipping through a doorway. It was only the very foolish, or the very determined, who held out hope for their return.

Welcome to Thistlemarsh—a ramshackle estate where an impoverished orphan and a beguiling Faerie collide in an enchanting novel of love, revenge, and ruin.

In the wake of The Great War, the world is a decidedly unmagical place for Mouse Dunne. She once dreamed of becoming a Faerie anthropologist, but with one telegram, her world shattered. At the Battle of the Somme, her cousin’s body disappeared into the mud, and her brother was left with debilitating shell shock. It was time, she knew, to put aside childish dreams.

When Mouse receives news that her uncle has left her the Faerie-blessed Thistlemarsh Hall, a dilapidated manor in the English countryside, she must leave her brother’s side and return to her childhood home to claim her birthright. But there is a catch in her uncle’s offer: If Mouse does not rehabilitate the crumbling house in one month’s time, she will forfeit her inheritance and any hope of caring for her brother.

It quickly becomes clear it’s impossible to repair the manor in the allotted time, until a mysterious Faerie appears with a proposition. He offers to restore Thistlemarsh...for a price. Mouse knows better than to trust a Faerie—especially one so insufferably handsome and arrogant—but she is out of options. There are dark and magical forces at work in the house, and Mouse must confront the ghosts of her past and the secrets of her heart or lose Thistlemarsh, and herself, in the process.

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